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HOMELESSNESS Mona Lisa Helms, 46 From Veterinary Medicine to Homeless BY SUSAN MITCHELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER On the day Mona Lisa Helms was born, …

Key West Kitchen Tis the Season for Florida Lobster! By Kerry Shelby Hooray! Florida lobster season has arrived again and, for me, that is the …

Suicide And Other Mistakes   By Mark Howell   The list of American celebrities blessed by surviving their suicide attempts includes “American Idol” winner Fantasia …

Vacation” On Steroids   By Rick Boettger   The hard part of my life is not my paying part-time retirement job, which currently includes a …

LOCAL OBSERVATION The Marrying Kennedys BY CHRISTINA OXENBERG Already Serbia seems like a dream, sensations mutating. The only thing I know for certain is I …

TEAM LILY BOW BEGINS INAUGURAL YEAR WITH NEW NAME, NEW GOALS, NEW BENEFACTOR Team Hosting Three Meet-and-Greet Gatherings to Recruit New Members This Week   …

Life Is A Song   By Rick Boettger   OK, this column may be read as my making fun of myself, because not only am …

A Taste Of The Yucatan – Sopa De Lima     By Kerry Shelby   Here in Key West, we most often make reference to …

The Flying Squalidae   By Mark Howell   Humankind’s flying drones are one thing, but nature’s flying rays are quite another. Here in the Keys …

Simple Perfection – Julia Child’s Salade Nicoise   By Kerry Shelby   I usually don’t opt for a salad as a main course. I may …

Homecoming   By Christina Oxenberg   Villa Olga, a house that once belonged to my grandmother, HRH Princess Olga of Greece, wife of my grandfather …

Five Deadly Days   By Mark Howell   Midway through hurricane season is as good a time as any to ponder whether “health-care murder” occurred …

Weller Shines After Advancing   By Ralph Morrow   Blayne Weller didn’t just stop with the July 4 no-hitter about which we reported recently.

HOWELINGS Arriving in life BY MARK HOWELL   “I think I have arrived.” So writes Kirby Congdon, Key West’s very first Poet Laureate (and still so). …

ARMCHAIR COMMENT Weller shines after advancing BY RALPH MORROW MANAGING EDITOR Blayne Weller didn’t just stop with the July 4 no-hitter about which we reported …

Neugent And Monique   By Rick Boettger   I am going to be filing a formal complaint with the Florida Ethics Commission about County Commissioner …

Key West Kitchen Mussels – An Interesting and Inexpensive Dish BY KERRY SHELBY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Mussels are a perfect light, inexpensive dish that …

Drone Crash At Fourth Of July Fireworks     By Rick Boettger   This is an update of previous articles in the Konk Life Blast …

A Hot Time On The Water   By Christina Oxenberg   For a couple of years I have lived comfortably in my dollhouse at the …

Sheriff’s Animal Farm   By Morgan Kidwell   Did you know that there is a sloth living in Key West?